New Data Virtualization Leadership Series™ Showcases Expertise and Practical Wisdom
Data Virtualization Technology Leader, Composite Software, Inc., Sponsors Forum for the Advancement of Enterprise-Scale Data Virtualization
SAN MATEO, Calif. — August 3, 2010 — Today, the new Data Virtualization Leadership Series™ launches, providing a forum for groundbreaking white papers, articles and webcasts by leading IT industry analysts, advanced data virtualization practitioners and other relevant industry luminaries. The series is sponsored by data virtualization performance leader Composite Software, Inc.
“Data virtualization’s emergence as a mainstream data integration approach has resulted in strong demand for deep insights and lessons learned from thought leaders and early adopters,” said Robert Eve, EVP of Marketing, Composite Software. “We are pleased to sponsor this forum to encourage and enable successful data virtualization implementations.” .
Recent additions to the forum include:
- Agile BI Made Easy - Two Proven Paths to Success, by Boris Evelson, VP and principal analyst, Forrester Research; Mark Budzinski, VP and general manager, WhereScape USA; and Robert Eve, EVP of Marketing, Composite Software. In this webcast, two proven approaches to successfully implement Agile Business Intelligence will be discussed. The webcast will air live at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010.
- Effecting Data Quality Improvement through Data Virtualization, by David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity, Inc. In his white paper, independent industry analyst Loshin discusses significant data quality challenges that have become magnified in relation to the growing need for information sharing, and reviews various ways data virtualization can improve data quality.
- Think Outside the Box: Extend BI with Data Virtualization, by Colin White, BI Solutions, Inc.; and Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D., Intelligent Solutions, Inc. In their webcast, White and Imhoff outline the challenges requiring “outside the box” thinking about traditional ETL and CDC methodologies.
The Data Virtualization Leadership Series also features white papers from leading IT analysts including:
- Wayne Eckerson, The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI)
- Mike Ferguson, Intelligent Business Strategies
- Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D., Intelligent Solutions, Inc.
- David S. Linthicum, Bick Group
- Rick van der Lans, R20/Consulting
Industry thought leaders and advanced data virtualization users are encouraged to contribute white papers and similar technical content to the Data Virtualization Leadership Series. Further information is available at http://www.compositesw.com/resources/data-virtualization-leadership-series/.
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ABOUT COMPOSITE SOFTWARE: Composite Software, Inc. is the data virtualization gold standard at ten of the top 20 banks, six of the top ten pharmaceutical companies, four of the top five energy firms, major media and technology organizations; and multiple government agencies. These are among the hundreds of global organizations with disparate, complex information environments that count on Composite to increase their data agility, cut costs and reduce risk. Backed by nearly a decade of pioneering R&D, Composite is the data virtualization performance leader, scaling from project to enterprise for data federation, data warehouse extension, enterprise data sharing, real-time and cloud computing data integration. Composite Software is a privately held, Silicon Valley-based corporation. For more information, please visit http://www.compositesw.com. Or follow Composite on http://twitter.com/compositesw.
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